Bjork attacks photographer

Bjork attacked a newspaper photographer shortly after arriving in
New Zealand.Photo: Supplied

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Icelandic singer and songwriter Bjork attacked a newspaper
photographer shortly after she arrived at New Zealand's Auckland
International Airport, local media reported today.

Bjork, who is in Auckland to perform at the Big Day Out concert
on Friday, tore New Zealand Herald photographer Glenn
Jeffrey's shirt in half, after he photographed her arriving at the
airport early yesterday.

Jeffrey, a news photographer of 25 years, said Bjork was
accompanied by a man who asked him not take photos.

"I took a couple of pictures ... and as I turned and walked away
she came up behind me, grabbed the back of my black skivvy and tore
it," he told the New Zealand Press Association.

"As she did this she fell over, she fell to the ground," he
said.

"At no stage did I touch her or speak with her."

Bjork said nothing during the incident, but her male companion
was saying: "B, don't do this, B, don't do this," Jeffrey said.

Jeffrey said he spoke with Auckland police about the incident
later yesterday.

The agency reported that an unnamed spokeswoman for Auckland
International Airport said staff would review video footage of the
arrival area where the incident occurred if police requested
it.

It was the second time the singer has been involved in an
altercation with a journalist - the last was in 1996 after a long
flight to Thailand, the agency noted.